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3 Legal and Ethical Issues
Discuss issues of ownership of information and programs, and the protection of data.
Consider current legal controls which specifically refer to computerised data and programs, and the implications of current legislation (see the Resource Bank).
Hacking.
Consider how digital rights can be managed.
Code of Conduct.
/Legal and ethical issues/
/Legislation/
/Code of conduct/
/Hacking/
/Digital rights management/
3 Economic and Social Issues Discuss the social consequences of current uses of computing.
Be aware of emerging technologies and appreciate their potential impact on society.
Robotics:
What are machines good and bad at, in comparison to humans?
What can this tell us about the way that the human mind works?
What can we learn from machines?
What are the limitations of using machines as tools?
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/Emerging technologies/